Chicken

Brian’s BBQ Sauce & Grilled Chicken

08.05.2010

I have been a fan of Coke my whole life – and I have found that Coke makes a very good additive to food – especially regarding the caramel coloring of the cola. Many of us have been adding this to our ham’s for hundreds of years. Why not a BBQ sauce?

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Recipe: General Tso’s Chicken Wings

03.18.2010

Chicken wings are the best way to celebrate chicken in my mind. What a better food for dinner, the big game, or just family gatherings. Afterall, March Madness is just about here. Now a brief journey into this dish’s namesake General Tso Tsungtang – He is from the Hunan province in China and was a [...]

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Recipe: Brown Chicken Stock

01.14.2010

Chicken Stock is an essential building block of flavors in the culinary world. It is a great way to start to build rich sauces. It allows you to bring a ton of flavors to dishes that you might not think were influenced by a stock.

I have purchased my fair share of chicken stocks off the grocery store shelves. I am amazed at the variety out there, and what amazes me more is the actual cost of some of these things. After one session of making this Rich Brown Chicken Stock – I was able to produce it at $0.45 a quart. The last time I was in Walmart it was at $2.50 at the lowest, a quick look at the ingredient lists – and you start to question is that the best $2.50 spent to fill my family with those preservatives.

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Recipe: Marinade for Teriyaki Chicken

12.23.2009

My inspiration came after going to a resturaunt for Tempenyaki. Now, this restaurant by any other name is Benihana’s. However, what makes this place different is they brew their own Teriyaki on site, and as such it has a different taste. My wife swears its more intense – and I would agree.

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Recipe: Chicken Fried Steak

12.20.2009

I find myself drifting at times between two influences to my center culinary. Generally, I find good basic food will always have a place on my dinner table – However, Italian and American South East or “Southern” or “the Dirty” tends to fit the bill more often than not.

Why? Well, your guess is as good as mine. My Parents both didn’t influence me to heavy based on any region, or nationality. Other than, when my Mom went back to work all of us children had to take a night to make dinner. So, at an early age I learned to value of putting things together from the pantry to make good, basic food. While my Mom was a eat to live type, I found a home cooking and became on of those live to eat types.

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